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Roughly two months after the Clinton County legislature asked for bids to build a new hotel next to the airport, the March 4 deadline came with no one submitting a proposal.

“I started feeling a little apprehensive before the opening. We didn't even receive a single phone call requesting additional information. That's just out of the ordinary,” said the chairman of the Airport Committee Jimmy Langley.

Langley does not believe competition from hotels on Route 3 scared off potential investors.

“It sends a message to us that there was something in the verbiage, the language, the terms, that weren't conducive with putting a hotel there,” said Langley.

Langley says it's time to regroup and talk to the hotel franchises that originally expressed interest in the project.

“We’re contacting the parties that requested a packet and getting information as to what we can do to move ahead,” said

While the airport committee revises the wording of the contract, it will accept proposals if any new bidders come forward.